Improvement in bracket-hooks



E. 0. FORD. BRACKET-HOOK.

No. 174,669, Patented March 14, 1876.

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N.PE|'E.RS, PHOTO-LITNDGHAPHER, WASHINGTONv D C.

. UNITE STATES PATENT OFFIon.

EDWARD 0. FORD, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR T0 GEORGE ADAMS MORGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN BRACKET-HOOKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,669, dated March 14 1876; application filed January 25, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD 0. FORD, of Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bracket-Hooks for suspending hanging baskets, pendent ornaments, &c., and that the following is a full and exact description of the same, having reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figures 1 and 2 represent, in side elevation, the preferred structure of my invention. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 represent modified methods of constructing the same. Fig. 6 represents a slidinglink substitute for the chain. 7

The object of my improvement is to produce a bracket-hook, the suspension-arm of which shall be elastic, so that whatever object is suspended from it shall be relieved from jar and shock occasioned by any jarring 0f the walls, or from other disturbing causes, as well as to produce an elastic bracket-hook for the suspension of such objects as may be directly benefited by an elastic support. It may be usefully employed also as a wardrobe-hook, where its elastic quality will prevent injury to clothing, 850., when hung without proper care. Its useful application embraces so many subjects that it will not be desirable to enumerate them here. That others may fully understand my improvement, I will particularly describe it, in the form preferred by me, and also a few of the modifications of structure which occur to me.

A is the base or bracket plate, and B is the hook or suspending bracket-arm.

My invention consists in an elastic medium interposed between said plate and arm, so that the latter is made elastic as well as yielding or movable. It further consists in a safety-lock,'applied to the hook at the end of the arm B, to prevent the accidental detachment of the object suspended.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the'arm B is jointed to the lower end of the bracket-plate A at a, and it is connected to the upper end of said bracket-plate by a spring, 0, which will yield and give an elastic support to any object suspended from the hook I) at the outer end of the arm B. A safety chain or link, D,

also connects the arm B with the bracketplate, so that the elongation of the spring is limited, and it too much strain is imposed upon it it will not suffer damage. The safetychain also prevents the occurrence of damage, if the spring should he accidentally broken. Or, if, for some reason, it should be desired to make the arm B rigid, it may be done by unhooking the spring and letting the safety chain or link support said arm, as shown in Fig. 2.

In Figs. 3, 4, 5, some modified forms of the elastic portion are shown, but they do not require any special description, as the principle of operation is the same in each.

In addition to the elastic yielding of the arm Bin a vertical plane it may readily be attached so as to swing in its connections with the bracket-plate A, and such movement may be useful when the bracket is hanging beside a window, and it is desirable to swing the suspended object eitherinto or out of the sunlight.

To guard against accidental unhookingof the suspended object by reason of the breaking of the spring 0 or the safety-chains, or the careless handling of the suspended object, or accidental contact of the same with some moving object, I place a look upon the hook b to prevent said detachment, even though the upper branch of the arm B should become entirely detached from the bracket-plate.

In the drawing said lock is shown as con sisting of a small rod, r, hinged to the extremity of the'hook b, and, at its end, confined under a running-loop, t, upon the upper branch of B, though a variety of modifications of said lock will occur to any mechanic, and therefore they need not be herein specified.

The plate A and arm B may be constructed by casting, stamping, or forging, as may be most desirable, in view of the purpose intended, or, it of small size, they may be constructed of wire or any suitable material, and may be ornamented to the taste.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new is i p 1. A suspension-bracket, B, joined to a bracket plate or support, A, substantially as 3. The bracket-arm B, and hook b, at the set forth, combined with an elastic connection extremity thereof, combined with a lock, 1', or'spring, 0, between said support A and'arm substantially for the purpose set forth.

B, to make the latter elastic and yielding, for

the purposes set forth. EDWARD 0. FORD.

2. The bracket plate or support A, arm B, Witnesses: and spring 0, combined with the chain or link R. D. 0. SMITH,

D,'substantially for the purpose set forth. G. CLARENCE POOLE. 

